foamed

verb

past tense of foam
as in steamed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger the old man foamed and raged when they told him he would have to give up the farm

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Recent Examples of foamed The Timberwolves foamed at the mouth, eager to back up Jaden McDaniels’ trash talk about Denver’s defense from three days earlier. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026 With her eyes closed and her palms turned upward, Scherzinger appeared to be in total peace as the ocean tide gently foamed around her feet. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foamed
  1. steamed
  2. boiled
  3. stormed
  4. raged
  5. burned
  6. shook
Verb
  • Their crabs are steamed, frozen and packed into boxes to be shipped to Sri Lanka, where workers remove the meat by hand.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The sweet alliums are cooked with cilantro and extra-virgin olive oil until tender, then tucked into thin dumpling wrappers that are folded into half-moons and steamed for exactly 10 minutes — any longer and the dough could break.
    — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of steamed
Verb
  • The agitation of the team’s fanbase boiled to the surface this summer.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Super-fresh corn on the cob hardly needs to be cooked, let alone boiled.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of boiled
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  • Madison Keys was serving at 5-0 in the third set before Zheng Qinwen stormed back for a 1-6, 7-6(3) 7-5 win.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • With Michigan stealing a 13-12 win over the Broncos in dramatic fashion, the fans who stuck around in The Big House stormed the field to celebrate.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of stormed
Verb
  • Another fire raged at the complex just months later in November 2024.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As the fire raged, mother and son used garden hoses to defend their property as nearby dwellings were torched.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of raged
Verb
  • Thompson added that wildfires have burned the area in recent years, leading him to believe that rates for home insurance were unaffordable.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Siri Hustvedt, for instance, had written about the women who were burned as witches in that part of Norway, far above the Arctic Circle.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of burned
Verb
  • The leaves shook and the branches swayed, but the tree stood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • All the reshuffling is enough to leave an onlooker shook — or, in the case of the New Orleans Saints, Shough.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of shook

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